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TARA FASHION 101: IF YOU ARE WEARING, A PRINTED HIJAB, OR HEADWRAP, MATCH YOUR NAILS, WITH ONE OF THE COLORS, IN THE HIJAB, OR HEADWRAP, TO REALLY BRING DETAIL, AND ALLOW, THE POP, OF PRINTS, COLORS, AND DESIGN.

TARA FASHION 101: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, ABOUT ASSOCIATING, OUR CHILDHOOD DOLL: BARBIE WITH BLUE? AND NOT JUST PINK? BARBIE IS KNOWN, FOR HER PLAY, ON ALL PINKS. BUT MEANING BARBIES, OF ALL ETHNICITIES, AND RACIAL BACKGROUNDS, SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL SHADES OF SKY AND WATER BLUES AS WELL AS PASTEL BLUES, AS WELL AS MINTY AQUAMARINE, AND TURQUOISE BLUES, THAT IS OFTEN IF IN HER HAIR. SO WHEN I PICKED OUT, THIS BLUE, FOR SOME REASON, I THOUGHT OF BARBIE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SILK STONE BARBIE’S, WITH BLUE HAIR, AND THATS WHEN, I REALIZED PINK, IS NOT THE ONLY COLOR, ASSCOCIATED WTIH BARBIE. BUT BLUE, IS ALSO ANOTHER COLOR, BARBIE IS OFTEN MADE WEARING, OR THE COLOR OF HER HAIR. SO I CALL ALL OF MY PICTURES, BARBIE SKY-BLUE, BABY-BARBIE BLUE AND BARBIE PEACOCK BLUE.

TARA FASHION 101: I THINK OTHER THAN CHIC SUNGLASSES, AND THE SAME SHAPE, OF GLASSSES ROUNDED, OR SQUARE. I THINK THE ONE SHAPE, AND TYPE OF GLASSES, THAT YOU CAN GET TO MATCH YOUR HIJAB, AND HEADWRAP, OR PLAY OF THE COLORS, WOULD BE CAT-EYE GLASSES. AND ALSO, IF YOU WEAR MAKEUP, THE DETAIL OF THE FRAME, ACCENTUATES THE DETAIL, OF YOUR MAKEUP, AND PUTS IT ON DISPLAY. SO CHOOSE, YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, OF CAT-EYEGLASSES, AND HIJAB/HEADWRAP,F AND GO FOR IT.

I USED TO BE, THE TYPE OF PERSON, SCARED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, OR SOMETHING, THAT EVERYONE AROUND ME, WASN’T DOING, JUST SO THAT I COULD FIT IN. ALTHOUGH I LOVE WEARING GLASSES, I HAVE BEEN WEARING THEM, SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. AND I LOVED, ALL OF MY GLASSES. I BEGAN TO START HATING THEM, IN HIGHSCHOOL. BECAUSE THE TREND, WAS A BLACK FRAMES, AND I WAS SCARED, TO JUST BE MYSELF, AND DO WHAT I LIKE, AND WEAR, WHAT I LIKE, SCARED TO BE MADE FUN OF. I WANTED BLUE GLASSES, AND BARBIE PINK GLASSES, NOT THE BROWN, AND FUCHSIA PURPLE ONES, MY MOM PICKED OUT FOR ME, OR THE HAND ME DOWN GLASSES, OF BLACK, FROM MY AUNT, HER SISTER, WHO DIDNT WANT THE FRAMES ANYMORE AND A STEPFATHER WHO DIDNT WANT TO PAY FOR GLASSES ANYMORE BUT FAVOR ONE CHILD OVER THE OTHER. LOTS OF FACTORS OR THE FACT THAT EVEN WHEN I WORE GLASSES PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY AND ON MY CHEER, POM TEAM ENCOURAGED ME, TO EITHER WEAR MAKEUP, OF GET CONTACT LENSES. KEEP IN MIND, I WAS BORN WITH GLAUCOMA, CONTACTS WAS JUST OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ME.

MOVING ON, SO NOW, I CAN DEFINENTELY SAY, THAT I HAVE GROWN, INTO MY OWN PERSON, THANKS TO MY ABBAH, MY FATHER.

I OWN 4 PAIRS, OF BLUE CATEYE GLASSES, 7 PAIRS OF BLUE GLASSES OVERALL AND TWO PAIRS OF PINK GLASSES, AND WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT, THEY WOULD LOOK SO NORMAL ON ME. UNTIL I GOT THEM, I WAS TOLD, THEY WERE UGLY, WHEN I TRIED TO BUY A MIU-MIU INSPIRED PAIR. SO I FINALLY. JUST SAID YOU KNOW…. I WANT TO TRY CATEYE GLASSES, AND I DID. TARA 101: WHATEVER YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, IS GO FOR IT, FOR EVERY SHAPE, DIFFERENT SHAPES, OF GLASSES, GO WITH YOURE FAVORITE COLORS! BREAK THE RULES! BREAK THE AGE THING! WHERE WERE TOO GROWN, TO WEAR, COLORED, TRENDY FRAMES. AND OH THAT BLACK, GOES WITH EVERYTHING. NO GO, WITH YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, BE THE TRENDSETTER, YOU ASPIRE TO BE. ITS IN YOU ALWAYS REMEBER THAT NOTHING ABOUT WHAT INTERESTS YOU IN FASHION IS UGLY, ITS TASTE, ITS PERSONALITY, ITS YOU. DONT BE FEARFUL OF YOURSELF. IM TAKING MY OWN ADVICE, DON’T WORRY

I USED TO BE, THE TYPE OF PERSON, SCARED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, OR SOMETHING, THAT EVERYONE AROUND ME, WASN’T DOING, JUST SO THAT I COULD FIT IN. ALTHOUGH I LOVE WEARING GLASSES, I HAVE BEEN WEARING THEM, SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. AND I LOVED, ALL OF MY GLASSES. I BEGAN TO START HATING THEM, IN HIGHSCHOOL. BECAUSE THE TREND, WAS A BLACK FRAMES, AND I WAS SCARED, TO JUST BE MYSELF, AND DO WHAT I LIKE, AND WEAR, WHAT I LIKE, SCARED TO BE MADE FUN OF. I WANTED BLUE GLASSES, AND BARBIE PINK GLASSES, NOT THE BROWN, AND FUCHSIA PURPLE ONES, MY MOM PICKED OUT FOR ME, OR THE HAND ME DOWN GLASSES, OF BLACK, FROM MY AUNT, HER SISTER, WHO DIDNT WANT THE FRAMES ANYMORE AND A STEPFATHER WHO DIDNT WANT TO PAY FOR GLASSES ANYMORE BUT FAVOR ONE CHILD OVER THE OTHER. LOTS OF FACTORS OR THE FACT THAT EVEN WHEN I WORE GLASSES PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY AND ON MY CHEER, POM TEAM ENCOURAGED ME, TO EITHER WEAR MAKEUP, OF GET CONTACT LENSES. KEEP IN MIND, I WAS BORN WITH GLAUCOMA, CONTACTS WAS JUST OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ME.

MOVING ON, SO NOW, I CAN DEFINENTELY SAY, THAT I HAVE GROWN, INTO MY OWN PERSON, THANKS TO MY ABBAH, MY FATHER.

I OWN 4 PAIRS, OF BLUE CATEYE GLASSES, 7 PAIRS OF BLUE GLASSES OVERALL AND TWO PAIRS OF PINK GLASSES, AND WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT, THEY WOULD LOOK SO NORMAL ON ME. UNTIL I GOT THEM, I WAS TOLD, THEY WERE UGLY, WHEN I TRIED TO BUY A MIU-MIU INSPIRED PAIR. SO I FINALLY. JUST SAID YOU KNOW…. I WANT TO TRY CATEYE GLASSES, AND I DID. TARA 101: WHATEVER YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, IS GO FOR IT, FOR EVERY SHAPE, DIFFERENT SHAPES, OF GLASSES, GO WITH YOURE FAVORITE COLORS! BREAK THE RULES! BREAK THE AGE THING! WHERE WERE TOO GROWN, TO WEAR, COLORED, TRENDY FRAMES. AND OH THAT BLACK, GOES WITH EVERYTHING. NO GO, WITH YOUR FAVORITE COLOR, BE THE TRENDSETTER, YOU ASPIRE TO BE. ITS IN YOU ALWAYS REMEBER THAT NOTHING ABOUT WHAT INTERESTS YOU IN FASHION IS UGLY, ITS TASTE, ITS PERSONALITY, ITS YOU. DONT BE FEARFUL OF YOURSELF. IM TAKING MY OWN ADVICE, DON’T WORRY.

SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, IS BREAKING MAJOR FASHION RULES, BY WEARING, HER UTILITY, CARGO PANTS, AS BELLY DANCER BOHEMIAN PANTS. SOMEHOW THIS UNIQUE PAIRING, WORKS. AND IS VERY INSPIRING,  AND MAKES ME WANT TO OWN, CARGO, UTILITY PANTS, AND PUT A BOHEMIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN SPIN, LIKE SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH. SO I HAD TO RECREATE THE LOOK. PICTURED ABOVE, SHE IS WEARING, A RED CROP TOP, SHE HAS TIED IN A KNOT, WITH HER ARMY GREEN, UTILITY CARGO PANTS. SHE ACCESSORIZES, THE PANTS, WITH AN EDGY BELT, AND EDGY BOHEMIAN, STACKED BRACELETS, ON BOTH HANDS.

 I PAIRED, PLATINUM AND HONEY, GOLDEN BLONDE HAIR, WITH SIGNATURE, BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY ANGELLICALLEY, PINK INDIAN CHANDELIER EARRINGS. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A RED CROPTOP, WORN UNDERNEATH, A FARM RIO, PINK BOHO PRINT BRA, GREEN UTILITY, CARGO PANTS. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A SILVER, AND PINK, BOHO EMBELLISHED FRINGE, BELLY DANCER, WAIST BELT. I PAIRED THE PANTS, WITH ORANGE, WRAP-AROUND THE ANKLE, CHUNKY HEEL SANDALS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, I PAIRED BARBIE NAIL ART, WITH ETSYJMOCREATIONS, COTTON-CANDY, BARBIE-PINK VINTAGE, CUFF BRACELET. THAT WILL BE PAIRED, WITH AN ETSY MEANDMOMA, VINTAGE RHINESTONE, CRYSTAL BARBIE-PINK, AND SILVER BRACELET TO MATCH THE BELLY DANCE BELT. ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY TANYAJOYFINDS, VINTAGE, BARBIE-PINK, FLOWER GEMSTONE, BRACELET, TO FINISH THE LOOK OFF. 

THIS IS ONE, OF THOSE LOOKS, FROM SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, THAT NOONE WILL EVER FORGET, OF ONE, OF HER DEBUT APPEARANCES. SO I HAD, TO RECREATE THIS LOOK, SO LETS GET RIGHT TO IT. 

I PAIRED, BLONDE, WAVY, TWISTED HAIR, WITH BARBIE, BABY POWEDER PINK LIPSTICK. THAT I PAIRED, WITH ETSY FARRINJEWELS, CRYSTAL PEARL, EMBELLISHED CHANDELIER EARRINGS. THAT I PAIRED, WITH A PEARL, DRAPED NECKLACE TOP, THAT WILL DRAPE ONTOP, OF A CRYSTAL WARDROBE, WHITE FEATHER, AND PEARL EMBELLISHED BRA, BUSTIER. THAT I PAIRED, WITH WHITE LEATHER PANTS, A DRAPED, PEARL WAIST, FRINGE BELT, AND WHITE LEATHER, SILVER PLATED BOOTS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED FRENCH OMBRE, PINK NAILS, WITH ETSY REBEKAJEWELRY, GOLD BAROQUE, CHUNKY PEARL RING, PAIRED WITH ETSY STYLELOVERS, PEARL CHUNKY, CLASP BANGLE, PAIRED WITH ETSY IVYCOTTAGE2U, PEARL BRACELET STACK, TO COMPLETE THIS LOOK, THAT GIVING ME, MAJOR SELENA QUINTANILLA VIBES.

SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH, IS VERY SKILLED, AT MASTERING, BEACH ISLAND, BOHEMIAN STYLE. WHILE STILL STICKING, TO THE THEME, OF HER COLOMBIAN ROOTS, AS WELL AS LEBANESE, MIDDLE EASTERN ROOTS, IN HER STYLE, HER MUSIC, AND HER DANCING. SO I HAD TO RECREATE, THIS LOOK. BECAUSE I LOVE THE BEACH, I LOVE WATER, I LOVE BOHEMIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN FASHION. SO HERE WE GO.

 I PAIRED SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH BLONDE, WAVY, TWISTED, NATURAL HAIR, WITH HOT BARBIE PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY FASHMOROUSEARRINGS, FUCHSIA, PEACOCK- PINK, FEATHER EARRINGS, PAIRED WITH A CRYSTAL WARDROBE, PINK SILK OFF THE SHOULDER TOP, GOLD COIN ARM CUFF, THAT I PAIRED WITH A CARA CARA, FAIRYTALE, MUSHROOM BORDER, IVORY SARONG. THAT I PAIRED, WITH RED, BRAIDED STRAP, PLATFORM MOSAIC HEEL SANDALS. 

FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE REST, OF THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED, MY HOT BARBIE-PINK NAILS, WITH ETSY CRICKETCAPERS, ASIAN-RED, VINTAGE STACKED BANGLES, PAIRED WITH ETSY PICAPICABLU, VINTAGE PINK BOHEMIAN BANGLES, ON THE SAME HAND.

 AND ON THE OTHER HAND. I PAIRED ETSY THEMINIMALISTSTOREIN, LONG HOLD CERAMIC RING, PAIRED WITH ETSY BEADAZZLE27, BRONZE-EMBELLISHED CUFF BRACELET, WITH ETSY WRISTROCKBRACELETS, GOLD SEAGLASS BEAD, AND STONE BRACELETS STACK, TO COMPLETE THE LOOK. 

TARA 101: LETS JUST SAY IM NOT AFRAID TO GO OVER THE TOP WITH THE JEWELRY BUT IT MAY SEEM OVER THE TOP I PROMISE ITS NOT A FASHION OVER EXAGGERATION. IT BRINGS EVEN THE MOST SIMPLEST OF OUTFITS TO LIFE.

I FEEL LIKE, WHEN YOU THINK OF SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH-SHAKIRA, YOU THINK OF HER EDGY BOHEMIAN EDGY STYLE, AND HER SKILLED, MIDDLE EASTERN BELLY DANCING. SO I HAD TO, RECREATE A LOOK, OF HER ACTUALLY PERFORMING, WITH HER TALENT, FOR BELLY DANCING. I PAIRED, AN ASIAN PINK FLOWER HEADPIECE, WITH WAVY, HONEY, AND CARAMEL, BLONDE HAIR, SIGNATURE BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, WITH ETSY VERLYJEWELRY, GOLD CHANDELIER EARRINGS, PAIRED WITH A LONG-SLEEVE, PINK WRAP CROP TOP, WORN UNDERNEATH, A ETSYRAVEDOLLZ, BARBIE PINK IRIDESCENT BRA, PAIRED WITH A BARBIE PINK SARONG. I PAIRED THE SARONG SKIRT WITH A BOHEMIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, EMBELLISHED BELLY DANCER, WAIST BELT, BARBIE PEDICURE, AND BRIGHT PASTEL, BARBIE-PINK NAILS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND JEWELRY, I PAIRED ETSY ADJEWELLERYDESIGNERS, ACRYLIC GOLD, LONG RING, PAIRED ON THE SAME HAND, WITH AN ETSY LITTLEHOOPTREASURES, REAL 18K GOLD, CARVED BANGLE SET. ON THE OTHER HAND, I JUST PAIRED, THE SAME BANGLES.

FOR SOME REASON, THIS OUTFIT, REMINDS ME, OF GOLD CARVED ELEHPANTS, THE TAJ MAHAL OF INDIA, AND JUST INDIAN CULTURE, IN GENERAL. I WANTED TO REALLY, CAPTIVATE, GOLD DETAILED PIECES, TO GIVE ME, THE SAME FEELING, FROM THIS OUTFIT, OF SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH.I PAIRED, HONEY BLONDE HAIR, WITH BABY BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY REBEKAJEWELRY, GOLD CHANDELIER EARRINGS, WITH A IRO, WHITE METALLIC, CROPPED BOUCLE TOP, PAIRED UNDERNEATH, AN ETSY HOUSEOFSMDUK, GOLD SEQUINED, BELLY DANCER BRA, PAIRED WITH DENIM-WASHED, BOYFRIEND JEANS, AND A GOLD COIN BELLY DANCER HIP SCARF BELT. TO COMPLETE THE OUTFIT I PAIRED, A BABY BARBIE- PINK PEDICURE, AND BABY-PINK PLATFORMS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED MY PASTEL, BABY-PINK NAILS, WITH TWO ETSY DESERTROSEDESIGNS10, GOLD EMBELLISHED CRYSTAL BRACELET,  WORN ON THE SAME HAND. ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED ETSY DESERTROSEDESIGNS10, GOLD CRYSTAL, JEWELED BRACELET, TO FINSH THE LOOK OFF, AND THE REMINISCINGLY, REMIND ME OF A THEME, OF GOLD CARVED ELEPHANTS, OF INDIA

IF I COULD DESCRIBE, SHALAH’KARIAH’KANAH-SHAKIRA’S PERSONALITY, WITH ONE OF HER LOOKS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, THIS ONE. THIS OUTFIT, COMBINES BOHO CHIC, WITH EDGY, MIDDLE EASTERN, BELLY DANCE OUTFIT. THE WAY, THIS OUTFIT WORKS. SO I RECREATED, THE CROPPED, GATHERED, WHITE TOP, WITH THE BOHO, EDGY BELT, AND RED LETHER PANTS. I PAIRED SHALA KARIAH’KANAH, SIGNATURE, BLONDE, WAVY HAIR, WITH HOT BARBIE-PINK LIPSTICK, ETSY PXYPRODUCTS, RETRO RED HOOP EARRINGS, WITH A PINK PLAID, TWEED BLAZER, OVER A FEMALE IVORY DEMANTE, FRINGE BEAD, CROP TOP, PAIRED WITH PINK LEATHER PANTS, AND A AFGHANI, BOHEMIAN, BELLY DANCER BELT, AND PATENT PLAID PLATFORM BOOTS. FOR THE REST, OF THE ACCESSORIES, AND THE JEWELRY, I PAIRED MY HOT BARBIE-PINK NAILS, AND BARBIE PINK HENNA, TO REALLY PULL OUT, THE PINK HUES, FROM THE OUTFIT, AND BLEND IT WITH RED. I PAIRED, BARBIE-PINK NAILS, WITH ETSY VINTAGECHICDREAM, RED CUFF BRACELET, PAIRED WITH ETSY VINTAGEVOGUEWARDROBE, RED AND BLACK, RHINESTONE, EMBELLISHED BANGLES.

 ON THE OTHER HAND, I PAIRED AN ETSY YONKSROX, RED, CHUNKY, ACRYLIC BRACELET.